runaway process udisks-daemon and how to resolve?

[Joseph Sinclair]

udisks_daemon is part of DBUS and UDEV.  It's the DBUS device manager for the disks on the machine.
I have also had issues with DBUS and UDEV elements locking up the system from time-to-time.
The only solution I've found so far is to restart the machine on occasion, just like I used to have to do with Windows back when I ran that mess.
I have only found this instability in desktop environments like Gnome and KDE; I have no similar stability issues with the servers I run.
It seems that the current versions of Gnome and KDE have uncovered issues in the DBUS and UDEV subsystems with their increasing heavy (ab)use of DBUS.

You might also try the XFCE desktop and see if that works for you; I believe ORCA still works on XFCE, and its less complex use of DBUS might allow the system to be more stable.

Technomage Hawke wrote:
> ok,
> I've tried searching for a resolution through the debian bug reporting system without any usable results. I keep having a random occurrence of udisks-daemon causing my powerbook G3 to start locking up. I can killall it but that takes some time (as the keyboard gets locked up along with the rest of the machine). 
> 
> is there a module that calls this process? I have been unable to find a binary on the HD with this name. I suspect that it may be part of the dubs system, but with no useful information, I can't do any more without help. 
> 
> this is rather important as this is my only accessible notebook and I DO NOT have the resources to just go out and buy another one. to continue, after killing the above named rogue process, the machine stabilizes for a short time and then  ORCA (the talking desktop for the blind) starts getting increasingly unstable eventually crashing completely.
> 
> I don't like to ask for help here as I generally get the impression that I am an inconvenience (I'm sorry that I can't help that I am blind AND unemployed, but thats what life dealt me and I have to deal with it).
> 
> anyway, if anyone has any suggestions on how I can resolve this issue on my PPC G3 750, I'd welcome the input.
> 
> -Eric
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